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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I look at the Ukrainians people fighting and showing incredible grit, and then I see Americans whining about the price of gas, which is lower than it's ever been in virtually all other developed countries. Couple that with the whining about masks and a very safe vaccines, and Americans are looking very, very soft. It really is embarrassing [/quote]

A lot of these countries have far more robust mass transit systems than the US and their cities were designed around mass transit. This country is much more car dependent.

I’d agree with your sentiment if it didn’t primarily hurt working and middle class people who can’t afford a home 1/2 mile from a Metro, which are priced at a premium. A lot of the essential workers people appropriately laud do not have access to public transit that provides them with a reasonable commute to their job that doesn’t take 1+ hours.

Spend trillions in infrastructure and build a transportation network like they have in Japan, some European countries, and China and then come back and talk about how the average American living paycheck to paycheck is soft for caring about gas prices. Until then you sound arrogant, entitled, and out of touch.[/quote]

Many people can afford a home within .5 mi of metro or a bus stop. What they can’t afford are renovated SFH with a bedroom for each kid and a big backyard in a majority white school district.  That’s what people want, but the price of commuting has to be factored into the equation and not an afterthought. There is a bare minimum to live here -you either pay in your mortgage or you pay in gas/commute time.

Not talking about the people who were too poor to ever afford a car. [/quote]

A bus stop to where? Have you ever talked to actual working class Hispanics or black folks who have to make a commute from an affordable neighborhood for someone who makes $15/hour to places where there are jobs, which usually are located in more economically privileged places? We’re talking multiple bus and rail connections in a unreliable transit system. Imagine a commute from Woodbridge to Tysons or Michigan Park to Downtown. It’s horrible.[/quote]

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